

EP106 - Amazon's Q3 Results Hot Take
Oct 31, 2017
01:19:40
EP106 - Amazon's Q3 Results Hot Take
This episode is a hot take of the Amazon Q3 Results as well as a few misc pieces of news
- Apple opened it's new midwest flagship "town square" store in Chicago
- Amazon opened a new "Pickup and Return" retail concept in Chicago
- For those interested in todays update who want more, we have deep dive episodes on three topics:
- Breakdown of Q3 Results
- Core commerce/marketplace
- Forecast going forward
- International
- Prime membership
- Whole Foods
- Ad revenue
- Amazon Alexa/Echo
- Headcount
- AWS
- Amazon received licenses to distribute pharmaceutical equipment in 12 states, which could be a precursor to Amazon entering the pharmacy business. The news immediately drove down stock prices of traditional pharmacy companies. In coincidental news, CVS announced a bid to acquire Aetna for $66B.
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Episode 106 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Sunday, October 29th 2017.
Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, SVP Commerce & Content at Razorfish, and Scot Wingo, Founder and Executive Chairman of Channel Advisor as they discuss the latest news and trends in the world of e-commerce and digital shopper marketing.